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I had a CT Calcium Scan performed in December, 2016, and my…

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I had a CT...

I had a CT Calcium Scan performed in December, 2016, and my overall score was 615, a drop of 170 points from 785 in December of 2015. This is due to one year of Repatha. I just had the December, 2017, test done and my score is 858. How is that possible? Could there be a mistake in the analysis?

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